Ongoing roadwork this week will tie up the commute in Miami-Dade County on major expressways including Interstates 75 and 95, as well as the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike and State Roads 826, 836 and 874.

After the Thanksgiving holiday, roadwork will resume in earnest and the commute again will be hampered on some of Miami-Dade's busiest highways, including the Homestead Extension of Florida's Turnpike and State Roads 874, 836 and 826.

Miami police have reopened Southwest Eighth Street from 34th Avenue to 37th Avenue. The street had been closed since shortly after announcement of Fidel Castro’s death had people dancing in the streets.

Lane closures or restrictions in ongoing projects will hamper the commute on various expressways in Miami-Dade County, including Interstate 75, State Roads 836 and 826, as well as the Gratigny Parkway.

The closure of the intersection between West 68th Street and West 4th Avenue, also known as Red Road or Northwest 57th Avenue, for water main work and road reconstruction, will be among the various new and ongoing road projects that will hamper the commute this week in Miami-Dade County.

A crash involving three vehicles shut down Interstate 95 southbound in Broward County just before 1 p.m. Sunday. Investigators say a car may have cut from the express lanes to the general purpose lanes, causing the crash.

Workers will continue installing sturdier plastic poles along the express lanes of Interstate 95 on Thursday, leading to the closure of southbound express lanes and one adjacent regular lane from the Golden Glades Interchange to the junction with State Road 836. Lanes will close at 9 p.m. Thursday and reopen 5 a.m. Friday.